GOD    BLES 
YOU." 


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"GOD   BLESS 
YOU  " 


BY 


Published  by 

P  F.  Volland  Co. 

at  their  Shop  in. 

Chicago 


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OD   bless  you!" 


I^Wbrds  are  empty  things; 
We  speak,  and  think  not  of 

our  saying • 

But  in.  this  phrase  forever 

rings 
The   higher  tenderness  of 

praying. 
It  means  so  much it 

means    that  I 
Would  have  no  fears  or 

frets   distress  you, 
Nor  have  your  heart  timed 

to-  a  sigh. 
GOD   BLESS  YOU! 


rHEN  we  have  folks 

that  are  so  true 
That  in  our  very  souls  we 

love   them, 
We  want  the   gladdest 

jewel*  blue 
To  gleam  in  all  the  skies 

above  them; 
It's  more  than  wishing 

joy  and  wealth, 
That  kindly  fortune  may 

caress   you , 
That  you  may  have  success 

and  health • 

GOD   BLESS   YOU  I 


THIS   trinity  of  blessed 
words 
Holds  all  of  human  hope 

and  gladness; 
It  serves  a  feast  on  broken 

sherds, 
It  makes  a  song  to  heal  our 

sadness ; 
It  gives  you  all  the  world 

can  give 
And  may  in  royal  raiment 

dress  you, 
It  betters   every  day  you 

live 

GOD    BLESS    YOU! 


IT  holds  all  of  my  gentlest 
thought, 
My  oldest  wishes,  and  my 

newest, 
The  fairest  deeds  that  can 

be   "wrought , 
The   halest  £reetin£s,  and 

the  truest • 

It  means   that   I  both  day 

and  nidKt 
Pray  that  no  sorrows  may 

oppress  you, 
That  all  your  hours   may 

bring  delight 


G 


bless  you ! ' ' 

Why,  it  means  so  muck 
I    almost  \vhisper  as   I 

say  it; 
1  dream  that  unseen  fin* 

gers    touch 
My  hands  in  answer  as 

I  pray  it. 
May  all  it  means  to  all 

mankind 
In  all  its  wondrousness 

possess  you. 
Through  sun   and  cloud 

and  calm  and  wind, 
GOD  BLESS  YOU! 


